Annual Report
9 1 2 FUND FOR THE ARTS ANNUAL REPORT IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ARTS, IT’S ABOUT WHAT THE ARTS DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY Mural Artwork by Kacy Jackson CELEBRATING OUR 70TH YEAR WITH YOU - AND BECAUSE OF YOU! LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO How do you measure a year? Not only is that a brilliantly written song from the Broadway hit “Rent,” it’s a profoundly difficult question to answer- unless you’ve had a year like ours! Together, in our 70th year, we have re-examined, re-focused, and re-purposed ourselves into a more inclusive, robust, and capacity building organization, steering your generous dollars into critical operating grants, educational workshops, engaging programs, inclusive initiatives, and fueling impact in every local zip code. Thanks to nearly 15,000 donors, we raised more than $8.4 million in our 2019 campaign. Fund for the Arts and our Arts Partners served more than 2.1 million people throughout our region through more than 700 impactful grants, drove educational initiatives in and out of schools, created new levels of access to art opportunities across Greater Louisville, led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and helped build the capacity of our arts partners across the sector. In this report, you will see how we are focusing your dollars on the five priorities of the community’s cultural plan Imagine Greater Louisville 2020: ensuring arts access, building the capacity of our arts and culture community, education, equity, diversity and inclusion, and promoting Greater Louisville as a world-class arts and culture destination.
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